Since joining the Charlotte Roller Girls I have been doing some graphics for the league. Mainly laying out the bout programs and some team roster pages, etc. Well this year the committee I am on has taken over getting the bout posters made. I was asked if I wanted to take on designing them. I agreed as I would like the challenge, plus it gives me a chance to get to know Illustrator better. Work is still using FreeHand and it is a dead program since Adobe bought them a few years back and it will eventually stop running on the Mac OS.

The poster is being printed as four color process and not screen printed as spot colors so I was able to use almost anything I wanted in Illustrator. That was nice change since at work everything is screen printed and you have to design stuff with that in mind. There is a bit of a learning curve since I have only used Illustrator for basic things. Overall I think I am going to like using Illustrator more. There certainly are a ton more artistic options. I just need to get the quick keys down and not mix them with FreeHand. Well enough rambling for now, here is the poster.

Fast forward roughly 6 months and here I am, consumed by the sport called roller derby. It took me by surprise that I would love it so much. So the once a week got upped to 2-3 times a week at practice, plus events. I did skate as a ref for a bit, but now I have passed assessments and I am skating on the B-dazzlers team for the Charlotte Roller Girls. As you can tell by my blog this has left me with very little time for anything else.

So unfortunately my various gaming projects are still on my desk waiting for me to return. I have no desire to quit gaming and have managed to play two games in six months. I do miss it and think about it. But for now the rush of adrenaline and desire for speed is winning out. But don’t lose hope. I will update the blog and continue on at some point. I just can’t say exactly when it will be.

Here is a picture of me jamming at a recent bout.

Operation: Cerberus – 13th July, 1944 France
F-396 Friday 7pm & S-397 Saturday 1pm

Recent intelligence has revealed the mysterious German division Das Geheimnisvolles Korp are working on a secret Project:Die Ladung. Intelligence is cryptic but there are references to bringing back the dead and summoning spirits. The DGK are setup at a chateau in the French countryside. The Allied Forces have been forced to execute Operation Cerberus, sending in a specially trained force. Their objective is to eliminate the threat before it can be used to halt the Allied advance, or worse.

Fall In was a great con this year. I had full games each time and the players seemed to enjoy the games. I was thrilled to have the Shellendrak Manor (by Worlds Works Games) finished and ready for gaming. Both games ran smoothly and I enjoyed changing up the games from a zombie game to a ghost hunt. My blog entry here has the descriptions of the games I ran.

Unfortunately I was so caught up in running the games that I did not get many photos. Hopefully you like what you do see.

Southern Front (Raleigh, NC) Sept 26th-28th

Friday 7pm Apocalypse… now?
In a previous mission, your elite team of operatives was able to successfully acquire a sample of a virus that turned the majority of the population of Providence City into a flesh-eating undead horde. Top secret internal documents from the Lazarus Corporation’s warehouse were also recovered during the mission revealing the bizarre and depraved experiments that lead to the virus’ outbreak. This information has helped pinpoint the origin of what is now being called the Resurrection or R-virus. Epidemiologists have determined the “hot zone” location as a private mansion owned by the reclusive Cyrus St. Lazare, founder of the Lazarus Corporation. Once more, the various talents of your special operatives are required. Your mission is to infiltrate the St. Lazare mansion and recover any important documentation and/or, if possible, a cure for the Resurrection virus. Once this objective has been achieved, the St. Lazare mansion must be destroyed along with any remaining evidence that cannot be secured and removed by your team.

Saturday 8pm Haunting of Raithe Manor
A group of young ghost hunters have been hired by a mysterious benefactor to investigate Raithe Manor. Usually, all their investigations into the paranormal reveal that the events were staged. But this time seems different. Locals say the abandoned manor is truly haunted. The story goes, that since old man Raithe died under mysterious circumstances, anyone foolish enough to enter the manor has never been seen or heard from again. Perhaps the four ghost hunters and their dog can prove otherwise.

Fall In (Gettysburg, PA) November 7th-9th

Friday 7pm Apocalypse… now?
See description above.
F-140 table IK2 in the main ball room.

Saturday 3pm Haunting of Raithe Manor
See description above.
S-141 table IK2 in the main ball room.

T-530 – Forsaken: Patient Zero
Thurs. 7 PM, 3 hrs, 6 players

F-531 – Forsaken: Redemption from Evernight Manor
Fri. 8 PM, 3 hrs, 6 players

S-534 – Forsaken: The Haunting of Raithe Manor
Sat. 8 PM, 3 hrs, 6 players

I hate that players that signed up will not get to play the scenarios. I plan on bringing these scenarios to future HMGS conventions.